Yola

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Lurkaan

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Larkin
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 2:
      Fo laately got tackled to Kakeen Lurkaan,
      Who lately got tackled to Catherine Larkin,

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133